Co-producing Just Energy Transition Pathways for Cureghem: Preliminary Insights from the PED4ALL Project on PED Development in Complex Urban Neighborhoods.

Positive energy districts (PEDs) are key tools to deliver the European Green Deal and climate targets by 2030. As districts with annual net zero energy import and net zero CO2 emission, and working towards an annual local surplus production of renewable energy, PEDs are concrete building blocks for a sustainable future for our cities. However, PEDs are often introverted islands in cities and the challenge is how to integrate them into their existing contexts creating climate-neutral, resilient and liveable neighbourhoods. Visions, plans, projects, and solutions for PEDs exist, but defining concrete, innovative, inclusive, and shared strategies for existing urban structures and societies, implementing and replicating them, remains in many cases the next urgent task.